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The Ultimate Herblore Guide!
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Index
I. Introduction
A. What is Herblore?
B. What's Herblore for?
II. The Basics
A. Herb Cleaning
B. Farming Herbs
C. Basics of the Potions
D. Potion Mixing
III. All about the Potions!
A. Regular Potions!
B. Coconut Milk Potions!
IV. Secondary Ingredients
A. All the Secondaries!
B. Pestle and Mortar
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I. Introduction
To start herblore you must complete the quest Druidic Ritual. After it's completed you will have 3 herblore, and you'll be able to identify/clean guam herbs. At this stage you will be making attack potions, but first let's learn what is herblore.
A. What is Herblore?
Herblore is a skill in which you will be identifying/cleaning herbs and turning the herbs into potions with a vial of water, a herb, and a third ingredient! You'll also be crushing unicorn horns and some other cool stuff with a pestle and mortar!! Herblore is one of the hardest skill to max out since you will either need a lot of money, or spend a long time gathering herbs.
B. What's Herblore for?
Herblore is a real necessity in the game because it supplies players with many potions like the prayer potion, which regenerates your prayer, or the super strength potion, that gives you a large boost in your strength level! Fight caves, the place where you get a Firecape, cannot be beat without potions! All pkers use potions
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II. The Basics
A. Herb Cleaning
Whenever you find a herb, whether it's coming from a herb patch, a dead monster, or a players trade box it's usually a grimy herb. A grimy herb means that it is not clean, and cannot be used in potions. To clean the herb so it can be used, you must click on the herb. All the herbs have requirements for them to be cleaned, here's the list
__________________________________________HerbExperienceLevelGuam53Rogue's purse53Marrentil7.65Tarromin1011Harralander12.620Ranarr weed1525Toadflax1630Irit leaf17.640Avantoe2048Kwuarm22.654Snapdragon23.659Cadantine2565Lantadyme26.267Dwarf weed26.770Torstol3075
B. Farming Herbs
While Herblore is generally an expensive skill to raise, it is possible to raise your levels through Farming. The only cost of which is buying the seeds or you can steal them from Master farmer is free. When herbs are picked, they are grimy. As mentioned above there are only 3 herb patches available, which are the ones in Catherby, Ardougne, and Falador.
Let's start farming herbs! First check if your farming level is enough to plant the specific herb seed you want. To start farming first get the herb seed you want to plant, a rake, a seed dibber, a spade, a plant cure, 3 compost, an air staff, 20 laws, 20 water runes. First you'll start in catherby, so teleport to Camelot and walk straight East. Once you're there, rake the weeds or use a spade to get rid of the dead plant. Place the compost in the patch then place the seed, that's why you have the seed dibber. You CANNOT water herbs, they grow without water. Teleport to ardougne and walk north to where the patch is. Once you finish planting one there go to falador and repeat. You'll be wearing the air staff to keep an inventory space free & because it's like not wasting air runes! You'll need the law and water to teleport to Catherby-Ardougne-Falador in that order. If your plant is diseased make sure to use a plant cure on it! Keep many plant cures saved as you won't want dead plants! When you pick the herbs make sure to clean them and bank them before going to the next patch. It's best to afk or do other things like skilling while your herbs grow so you won't have to spend time looking at your herb, or you can continuously teleport to each patch to see if they're getting diseased.
C. Basics of the Potions
Creating a potion is really quite simple. All that is required is a Vial of water, a primary ingredient, and a secondary ingredient. Once you have all the correct ingredients needed in which to make your desired potion, you simply need to follow a simple method to complete your potion. Remember a small bit of potions require coconut water, rather than regular water, so keep some regular vials too!
Vial of water + Primary ingredient = Unfinished potion + Secondary ingredient = Completed potion
Here's the example, but using the real ingredients to make a Prayer potion.
Vial of water + Clean ranarr = Ranarr potion(unf) + Snape grass = Prayer potion(3)
D. Potion Mixing
When potions are made, they are in 3-doses. Using two potions together will combine their doses. A 3-dose potion and a 2-dose will give you one 4-dose and one 1-dose potion. A 3-dose and a 1-dose will make a 4-dose. Two 2-doses will make a 4-dose, and so on. If all your potion goes into one vial, you will be left with the potion and the remaining vial. The Herblore level to make the potion is not required to combine them. Obviously, you can only mix potions of the same kind.
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III. All about the Potions!
A. Regular Potions!
The table below shows how to make each potion, the level required, experience gained, as well as the effect of the potion. Remember that when potions are made, they are in 3-doses. Mixing potions is mentioned in another section of the guide.
Potion LevelPrimary Secondary XP Effect Attack potion 03 Clean guam Eye of newt50 + 10–15% to Attack level Antipoison 05 Marrentill Unicorn horn dust 75 Cures poison Relicym's balm 08Rogue's purse Snakeweed 80 Cures disease Strength potion 12Tarromin Limpwurt root 100 + 10–15% to Strength level Serum 207 15Tarromin Ashes 100 Heals the afflicted in Mort'ton Restore potion 22Harralander Red spiders' eggs125 Restores lowered combat stats (excluding HP and Prayer) Guthix balance 22Harralander Garlic, Red spiders' eggs, Silver dust 125 Heals, kills, or enrages the vampires in Burgh de Rott Energy potion 26Harralander Chocolate dust 135 Restores 20% energy Defence potion 30Clean ranarr Whiteberries 150 + 10–15% to Defence level Agility potion 34Toadflax Toad's legs 160 +3 Agility levels Prayer potion 38Ranarr weed Snape grass 175 Restores 1/3 of overall Prayer level Super attack 45Irit leaf Eye of newt 200 + 20% to Attack level Super antipoison 48Irit leaf Unicorn horn dust 212.6 Cures poison and gives temporary resistance to poison Fishing potion 50Avantoe Snape grass 225 + 3 Fishing levels Super energy 52Avantoe Mort myre fungus 235 Restores 40% energy Super strength 55Kwuarm Limpwurt root 250 + 20% to Strength level Weapon poison 60KwuarmDragon scale dust 275 Poisons five arrows, 1 dagger, or 1 spear Super restore 63Snapdragon Red spiders' eggs 285 Restores all lowered stats by ~33.8% (excluding HP) Super defence 66Cadantine Whiteberries 300 + 20% to Defence level Antifire 69LantadymeDragon scale dust 315 Temporary resistance to fire breathRanging potion 72Dwarf weedWine of zamorak 325 + 15% to Ranged level Magic potion 76Lantadyme Potato cactus 345 + 4 to Magic level Zamorak brew 78Torstol Jangerberries 350 Lowers HP and Defence by 10%
Increases Strength, Attack, and Prayer by 15–20% Saradomin brew 81Toadflax Crushed nest 360 Lowers Attack, Strength, Magic, and Ranged by 10%
Increases Defence and HP by 15–20%
B. Coconut Milk Potions!
Coconut milk is used to make stronger doses of Antipoison and Weapon posion. In order to obtain Coconut milk, use a hammer on a Coconut. This will give you a split open Coconut—simply use it on a Vial to obtain.
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Potion Level Primary Secondary XP Effect Antipoison +68 Toadflax Yew roots 310 Cures poison and gives longer immunityWeapon poison +73 Cactus Spine Red spiders' eggs 330 Higher poison damage and effect lasts longerAntipoison ++79 Irit leaf Magic tree roots 354 Cures poison and gives the longest immunityWeapon poison ++82 Nightshade Poison ivy berries 380 Very high poison damage and effect lasts the longest
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IV. Secondary Ingredients
A. All the Secondaries!
________________________________NamePictureLocation(s)Eye of newtTaverly Herblore shop & Port Sarim Betty's shopUnicorn horn dustBlack unicorns & Unicorns at Camelot teleport, Varrock east mine, North of Barbarian Village.
Use the pestle and mortar to the unicorn horns.Limpwurt rootHobgoblin, Hill giant & Chaos druidRed spiders' eggsVarrock Sewers 2 spawns, Karamja Volcano 1 spawn, Edgeville dungeon 5 spawnsChocolate dustYanille food shop, Ardougne Baker, & Nardah food store both stock of 10
chocolate bars. Use the pestle & mortar on the chocolate bars for the dust.White berriesFarming with white berry bush, 59 farming requiredToad's legsNorth-west Tree Gnome Stronghold & Taverley, south-eastern lakeSnape grassSouth-west of Falador with 3 spawns & Waterbirth Island with extreme spawns.
Chaos druid, Hobgoblin, & Chaos druid warrior dropsFrog spawnFished in Lumbridge CavesMort myre fungusMort Myre Swamp - after Nature Spirit questYew rootsFarming a Yew tree, requires 60 farmingGorak claw dustGorak, use a pestle and mortar to crush to dustDragon scale dustTaverley Dungeon, 5 spawns near Blue dragonsWine of zamorakChaos TemplePotato cactusKalphite HiveJangerberriesWest of Yanille on a small island. Farming Jangerberry bush, requires 48 farmingMagic rootsFarming a Magic tree, requires 85 farmingCrushed nestWoodcutting, and using a pestle and mortar on a Bird's nestPoison ivy berriesFarming a Poison ivy bush, which requires 70 farmingPapaya fruitFarming a Papaya tree, requires 57 farmingBonemealSkeletal wyvernCave nightshadeFarming
Strikethroughed text means that it is not added yet.
B. Pestle and Mortar
To grind items, you will need to purchase a 'Pestle and Mortar' from the Herblore Shop in Taverly. Once you grind items like the 'Unicorn Horn', you can add them as your second ingredient for certain potions. There are other items that need to be ground before use in potion making. Below is a table that lists those items.
_________________________________________________ Unicorn horn Unicorn horn dust Chocolate bar Chocolate dust Blue dragon scale Dragon scale dust Bird's nest Crushed bird's nest
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